Paint-package.



. W. HASBURG.

PAIAIT PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED 1uLv19.1s|1.

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Specification` of Letters Patent.

)Patented Dec. 11, 1911*?.

Application filed July 19, 1917. Serial No. 181,533.

vpackages for the transportation and protection of paints or gold preparations such as are used by china-ware decorators, wherein y the paint contains a volatile diluent and is deposited on a glasspalette.

Among the objects of my invention are to provide a package of` minimum expense and maximum .convenience aifording adequate protection to the palette-carried pigment when the'container is closed either originally or after partial use of the pigment, and enabling the package to be handled with satisfactory results with a minimum of care or attention on the part of the user.

`These and other objects will become apparent to those skilled in the art 1I attain by means of my invention whichconsists ofthe combination hereinafter shown and described as specified in the claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the packaged stock.

Fig. 2 is a broken plan view; and

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In a paint package embodying my invention I may employ the ordinary square glass palette 10 bearing on its upper surface a paint deposit 11, such as commercial prepared gold, the gold being admiXed with a volatile carrying agent or oil that gives to the deposit a pasty or semi-solid consistency.

Such paint-paste bearing palettes are well known in the art, and it is equally well known that for commercial availability they must be packaged in such fashion as to preserve `the paint against rapid evaporation of its oil, maintain the deposit free from dust or other impurities, and secure it against contact with any portion of the package in ordinary shipment or handling.

In so packaging I employ the customary paste-board box base 12 rectangular in outline and of a size suitable loosely to receive the palette 10, the side walls 12 extending to a'height above the palette greater than the depth of the paint deposit 11.

The cover 13 of the package provides side walls 13 to, telescope around' the walls 12 of the base'and the top web 13 to complete the inclosure, the side walls 13" being preferably of height no greater than the walls 12, and having, preferably, finger notches 14, in opposite edge portions to give finger access to the boX-base structure.

Upon the top structure is mounted a guard 15, comprising a peripheral wall 16, preferably `circular in plan, depending from the flat'portion of the top structure wholly in the space between the margin of the paint deposit 11 and the perimeter `of the palette 10 and of such height as to bear Aiirmly on the palette, thereby holding` the two box elements from quite fully telescoping together, so that the top of the wall 12 is bef low the cover web 13 while the sidewalls 13 of the cover are above the bottom plane of the box` but preferably below the upper plane of the palette.

This guard may be variously constructed, the particular construction preferred and shown aiiording the guard walls as part of a unitary circular cap, the flat web 17 of f which is secured, as by a glue body 18, to the underside of the cover web, centrally of the cover. rI`he inwardly presented surfaces of the guard cap 15, and preferably its side wall edges, are coated with an impervious substance of a character not aifected by the volatile oil of the pigments. To this end I preferably employ a cellulosic coating, which may conveniently be applied by dissolving celluloid in a suitable volatile solvent as ether, and spraying, painting, dipping, or otherwise applying the pyroXylin enamel thus formed to coat the desired cap surfaces. Such coating when dry adheres intimately to the pasteboard walls and forms smooth surfaces, impervious to water and to the vapors of the paint deposit.

In initial condition the two portions of the package may be held together by sealing strip or strips 21, applied in any way to suit the taste of the maker.

It will be apparent that the construction of the guard Lcap in circular form is especially desirable. Not only does it give a fairly close investiture of the paint body, limiting the evaporation most desirably, but

also stiifens the cover element most effectu- V ally, preventing Warping'of the cover and maintaining its free, circular edge in a plane for accurate fitting contact With the surface of the glass palette. The cap aifords an adequate sealing effect to close the circular compartment containing the paint deposit, excluding dust and other impurities and retaining the volatile oils against and considerable evaporation.

Mechanically the construction offers many "advantages in its cheapness, simplicity 'and ease of handling.` f When the packagev is open the single act-of removing the covering exposes the paint deposit, but the latter is .invariably closely coveredV and substantially topi The glass vcannot shift Within the cover, *when thus handled, soff'ar as to foul the caprnnvivith the paint since the side Wallsl permit of but comparatively little I shiftingof the palette While the latter rests :Y onthe lcap rim. Other and further advantages Will be apparentto those skilled in the art, andy changes in the specific details of construction may be made Without departure Vfromthe spiritof my invention Vand Within i the sco-pe of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A paint package comprising a planar palette centrally carrying a relatively thin paint deposit of plan dimensions materially smaller than the palette, a box bottom having side Walls inclosing the palette, and a removable box top having a guard rim to encompass the material body and Contact throughout its perimeter with the palette between the margin of the latter and the paint deposit, the surfaces of said box top Within the confines of said guard rim bearing a coating impervious tothe volatile component of the paint. l

' 2. A paint package comprising a planar palette centrally carrying a. relatively thin paint deposit of plan dimensions materially smaller than the palette, a box bottom having side Walls inclosing the palette, and a removable box top having a circular cap centrally secured thereto to encompass the material body and Contact throughout its perimeter with the palette between the 1nargin of the latter and the paint deposit, the inner and edge surfaces of said cap within the Celluloid-enamel bearing a coating rendering it impervious to the volatile component of the paint.

yIn testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN W. HASBURG.

In the presence 0f'- FORE BAIN, MARY F. ALLEN.

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